With all the social restrictions and now, a month-long lockdown in England to prevent COVID-19 cases from rising further, Damon Albarn has opened up about how the ongoing pandemic has not only hurt the live music industry but also the overall well-being of people. “It’s a medical emergency but an existential one as well,” Albarn […]
Joy Division and New Order’s interconnected histories will be shared in a new podcast called Transmissions: The Definitive Story. The first eight episodes of the series will go through Joy Division’s birth, rise, then the 1980 death of Ian Curtis. The podcast will then explore the formation of New Order and run till the release of […]
Gorillaz are no strangers to blending their part-human-part-animation music group on the live stage. However, Damon Albarn and 2-D’s recent performance of “Aries” on Jimmy Kimmel Live took that to another level. Albarn sang most of the vocals with 2-D nodding to the beat for the most of the song. However, there is a point where […]
Damon Albarn was meant to start his tour on Sunday (May 17, which would premiere the new music The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, his new solo effort inspired by the Icelandic landscape. But instead of starting the 15-date European leg that would be accompanied by an orchestra, he decided to do […]